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STORY: Flight schedules around the world were sent into chaos on Friday (March 21) as Britain’s Heathrow Airport was shut after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation knocked out its power.The blaze also knocked out the area’s back-up power system, leading to a mass outage at Europe’s busiest airport, and the world’s fifth-busiest.Heathrow said it had been due to handle 1,351 flights during the day.Flying over 290,000 passengers.Some were left scrambling for alternative travels plans at London’s main train stations. “It is my favourite city but I need to be home.”Heathrow said the airport would stay closed until…

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A state-backed semiconductor tool maker based in Shenzhen, which has connections with Huawei Technologies and has raised hopes of China reducing its reliance on US chipmaking technologies, will make its debut at a trade event in Shanghai next week. SiCarrier, a chip tool maker backed by the Shenzhen government, will launch new products during the three-day Semicon China exhibition, an annual industry event hosted by US-based industry association SEMI. SiCarrier came under the spotlight in 2023 aRead More

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